therapeutic
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
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of or relating to the treatment of disease; curative
-
serving or performed to maintain health
therapeutic abortion
Other Word Forms
- nontherapeutic adjective
- nontherapeutical adjective
- nontherapeutically adverb
- therapeutically adverb
- untherapeutic adjective
- untherapeutical adjective
- untherapeutically adverb
Etymology
Origin of therapeutic
1535–45; < New Latin therapeuticus < Greek therapeutikós, equivalent to therapeú ( ein ) to attend, treat medically (akin to therápōn attendant) + -tikos -tic
Example Sentences
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Such films get made because they serve therapeutic purposes.
Rob said that making the movie with his son was therapeutic, allowing them to work through past trauma and develop a closer relationship.
From Los Angeles Times
But he said the process of making the movie was therapeutic, allowing them to work through a lot of past trauma and develop a closer relationship.
From Los Angeles Times
This deeper understanding of microbial influences on metabolism may eventually lead to the identification of molecules that could serve as new therapeutic options for metabolic diseases.
From Science Daily
Scientists from Mass General Brigham and the Broad Institute are exploring new therapeutic approaches and have identified a genetic modifier that could point toward a future treatment strategy.
From Science Daily
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